Police begin probe as mob kills suspected motorcycle thief

A yet-to-be-identified man who was suspected to have stolen a motorcycle was set ablaze by an irate mob along Akpehe Road in the Makurdi area of Benue State, on Sunday.

A Facebook user, Comr Joseph, who shared footage of the incident in a post on Sunday, disclosed that the victim died on the spot.

Video footage of the incident, sighted by our correspondent, showed a man who was set ablaze, surrounded by stick-wielding men.

He added that local…